𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦. 𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦.

This was an incredible read. I have no words, only sorrow for the evils humanity is capable of. Percival Everett did a great job at portraying a really dark reality in a way that was enlightening, interesting and also harrowing. I am also glad I'd read Huckleberry Finn first; while it was somewhat ahead of its time, James gave the story a whole new layer.

The code switching was particularly interesting to me, as I was not familiar with it.

4.25/5

Very good but my least favourite so far. I never want to hear about trains again, it got repetitive and confusing! I also did too much of this one as only audio. I read the last couple chapters as fully immersive reading again and it was so much more enjoyable. There's too much going on to only do audio for me, I get distracted and keep missing stuff! The epilogue left me SO intrigued for what's going on in the wider universe, and what will happen on the next floor 👀 Katia really grew on me this book. I'd also heard a lot about Prepotente online, I'm so excited to have met him now and can't wait to cross paths with him again. I also love the introduction of the anarchist's book, and the community spirit, which I hope they can maintain somewhat!

This was fun, I think I would've enjoyed it as a kid, although I wouldn't have read between the lines. It was hard to hear the constant slurs, and the infantilisation of Jim. But I could see Mark Twain was looking past his time, showing the little moments Huckleberry Finn would look at the way society did things, and realised it didn't have to be that way. In a childish way, but it was interesting. There was criticism of the society of that time, hidden in what seemed to be just funny adventures. I'm glad I finally read Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.

3.25/5

My first Mark Twain. This was entertaining enough, obviously some very outdated concepts (and slurs), but I did enjoy Tom's and Huck's adventures and their childish theories.

I think this has been my favourite EmHen so far. It's my fourth one and I've generally felt they were all a bit overrated, fun but nothing incredible. With this one, it was predictable and cheesy at times, but I honestly had a great time with it. Very much a popcorn book: nothing mindblowing, but I sped through it and it never dragged. I just kept wanting one more chapter. The tension was perfect, and I felt the emotions and the yearning. I think Miles is my favourite of Emily Henry's MMCs (minus the one thing he did at the end of the book that I really did not like). This makes a great palate cleanser between heavier books.

4.25/5